Abstract Aim Head Injury is a common presentation in our DGH, which covers large rural area and now regional trauma centre. We audited management of head injuries against current guidelines planned new pathway to ensure patients receive the correct advice follow up on discharge. Method Data was requested from IT for all injury episodes 2019, reflect usual numbers pre-pandemic. Electronic letter...

Objective: To understand and recognise why some patients leave the medical facility against physicians advice as it has clear significance in identifying those at risk planning interventions for them beforehand. Study Design: Exploratory Research. Setting: Department of Psychiatry, Gujranwala Medical Collage/ Teaching Hospital. Period: September 2018 to 2019. Material & Methods: The record ...

Background: Knowledge of the profile pediatric discharge against medical advice (DAMA) may help design interventions to reduce its prevalence. Objectives: This study aimed assess DAMA at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, State, Nigeria. Methods: retrospective cross-sectional descriptive included all cases from January 2012 December 2018. Relevant information was extr...

To the Editor: Despite substantial burden of skin disease in hospitalized patients and association leaving against medical advice (AMA) with worse outcomes, little is known regarding AMA among for dermatologic conditions.1Glasgow J.M. Vaughn-Sarrazin M. Kaboli P.J. Leaving (AMA): risk 30-day mortality hospital readmission.J Gen Intern Med. 2010; 25: 926-929Crossref PubMed Scopus (120) Google Sc...

Certain cardiac conditions can limit patients' ability to drive. It remains the doctors' responsibility to advise patients of any driving restrictions and is particularly important after certain diagnoses or procedures. We identified that the quality of documented advice was variable and frequently no written driving advice was recorded on discharge. It was apparent that there was a lack of awa...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this research was to characterize hospitalizations associated with discharges against medical advice (DAMA) in a large, population-based data system. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study on 11 436 500 hospital admissions. The hospital discharge records for residents of the Veneto region (north-east Italy) discharged from 2001 to 2012, from both publ...